The distribution of apparent dose as determined by optically stimulated luminescence in small aliquots of fluvial quartz: Implications for dating young sediments

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1033-1040

  Olley, Jon ^a   Caitcheon, Gary ^a   Murray, Andrew ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ;

EID: 0031735735     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(97)00090-5     Document Type: Article

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